#92: All Vercel Ship News, Ultracite, Data Security, iron-session, Radix UI Drama, AI Website Builder Course

Vercel Ship 2025 – The focus of this year’s Vercel Ship event was on making AI development faster and safer. Here is a recap of all major releases and announcements:

• Introducing Active CPU pricing for Fluid compute – you’ll now only pay for CPU when your code is actually running, not just sitting around waiting
• Introducing BotID, invisible bot filtering for critical routes – Invisible bot detection without CAPTCHAs
• Run untrusted code with Vercel Sandbox – run untrusted code in isolated microVMs
• Vercel Agent now in Limited Beta – An AI assistant for your dashboard that keeps an eye on your app’s performance and security
• Vercel Microfrontends is now in Limited Beta – Lets teams split large apps into smaller, independent parts that work together as one, glued together by Vercel
• Vercel Queues is now in Limited Beta – A new message queue service for handling background tasks
• Higher defaults and limits for Vercel Functions running Fluid compute
• Edge Middleware and Edge Functions are now powered by Vercel Functions

How Resend is building the next-generation email platform with Inngest: Resend went from 0 to 400,000 users in 2 years, using Inngest to power its onboarding domain verification system and core features, sending millions of emails. Learn how.

How to think about data security in Next.js – All the past advice on Next.js data security is now in one place. The guide brings together best practices for data fetching, using a Data Access Layer, and keeping sensitive info off the client. It also covers new security features and input validation tips

Using Cursor to migrate my blog from WordPress to Next.js and Vercel – The process involved exporting posts, managing formatting problems, and using scripts to address edge cases. The result is a cleaner, faster site, and the article provides scripts and resources for others planning a similar move

How to use Prisma ORM with Better-Auth and Next.js – The article walks through setting up the database, configuring the auth provider, and building the required UI pages. It also highlights how to manage sessions and user data securely

► Build and Deploy a SaaS AI Website Builder – A free 10h course where you learn how to build your own v0, Lovable, Bolt clone

Ultracite – Ultracite is a fast, zero-config code formatter and linter for Next.js, React, and TypeScript projects. It runs on Biome and Rust, automatically fixing code style and lint issues every time you save. It’s designed to keep code consistent for both teams and AI tools, with no setup required

iron-session – A stateless session library for Next.js that stores session data in encrypted cookies. No server-side storage is needed, and it works with API routes, the App Router, and server components

Drizzle CRUD – Automatically generate CRUD operations for your Drizzle ORM schemas with built-in validation, filtering, pagination, soft deletes, and access control

Recharts v3.0.0 – Version 3 introduces a new state management system, improved accessibility, and support for custom components and portals. The update also fixes many bugs and adds new features for axes and tooltips

OAuth integration doesn’t have to be a dreaded task – With Clerk’s latest OAuth improvements, you get out-of-the-box support for authorization flows: built-in consent prompts for users, robust token security, and support for public client use-cases. Perfect for teams using React, Next.js, or building AI-powered apps.

Tailwind is the worst form of CSS, except for all the others – Some devs love the productivity boost and built-in guardrails that TailwindCSS provides, others can’t stand the learning curve or the “class soup” it leaves behind. This article discusses the tradeoffs of adopting Tailwind and how it changes the way teams write CSS.

Cloudflare Containers are now available in public beta – Cloudflare wasn’t sleeping during Vercel Ship. Containers let you run applications next to your Workers, supporting more languages and use cases like media processing or backend services

► Watch this if you use shadcn/ui – Radix, the core of shadcn/ui, is facing maintenance issues. Key contributors have left, and open issues are piling up. Some in the community now see Radix as a risk for new projects and recommend Base UI and Aria Kit as alternatives

Using await at the top level in ES modules – With top-level await, you can write asynchronous code directly in ES modules without wrapping it in an async function. Perfect for fetching configs or loading modules on startup